Kelly McGillis marries longtime girlfriend

Kelly McGillis is a married woman. The Top Gun actress — who came out as gay in 2009 — wed girlfriend Melanie Leis in a civil union on Wednesday in Collingswood, NJ, according to the New York Times.

McGillis — who starred alongside Tom Cruise in the smash hit eighties’ movie — and Muzak sales executive Leis, 42, met in 2000 in Key West, Fla. Leis was a bartender at a restaurant owned by McGills and her second husband Fred Tillman.

Kelly — who has been divorced twice and has two daughters with Tillman — told the New York Times this week of last year’s surprise “coming out”.

“That was one of those moments when somebody asked me a question, my kids had gone from home, so I really didn’t have to protect anyone by skirting the question, and I just decided to be absolutely honest,” she said.

---

---